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The standards described in this document are subject to the Scottish National Audit Programme (SNAP) governance process and are based on the Scottish Renal Association (SRA) Quality Indicators and Audit Standards.

The CARDRISS and prescribing teams in Public Health Scotland are working together to develop new national data on the use of potentially teratogenic medicines in pregnancy. Potentially teratogenic medicines are those that may harm the baby when taken in pregnancy, resulting in a congenital condition or affecting the resulting child’s development. It is important that health services support pregnant women to avoid potentially teratogenic medicines in pregnancy whenever possible. Report updated with minor amendments on 3 December 2024.

Urgent healthcare provided in primary care setting when GPs are closed.

The PHS Gender Identity Clinic (GIC) data collection was introduced in April 2023 to collect national data on waiting times for gender identity clinics in Scotland.

The audit of critical care is a co-ordinated quality improvement programme which provides data, analysis and feedback to raise standards and continued improvement in patient outcomes.

Patients who have had a planned operation cancelled

Monthly information relating to people experiencing a delay in their discharge from hospital.

This release by Public Health Scotland provides information on encounters that have taken place in general practice in Scotland from January 2018. It contains summary statistics by HSCP and health board on the number of encounters by the derived fields 'encounter group', 'encounter class' and 'Healthcare professional group'. It is experimental data and analysis.